The Meeker herald., 1887-05-07

fair to good saddle stock. Experienced
stockmen say this is too much money to
put into horses 10 lie used Oh the range.
Mediation X Dreifuss took their Nor
man.Percheron stations up TO their
breeding ranch on Little Beaver this
week. They will keep them there u
month or six weeks.
Cattlemen Oh the Snake say their loss
the past winter winter will not exceed
i've per cent. This calf crop Is also
showing up well and is acknowledged
TO be the bes, In years.
The Governor has appointed the fol-
iowin. gentlemen as Kound-up Com
missioners for this-the Twcnty-fourth
District Messrs. l.. u. Brashcr, Ezra
Fiemming AMI John J. Niblooa.
Henry Stedtman, Of Lower White.
sold his three ycar-old steers To Mead
ows Bros. of Glenwcod for SIS per head.
This Is getting up To old-timo figures.
They were prim. beef, however.
The 1 T, NV ana L O 2 outfits
started for the lower country Thunday.
Mos, OF the other outfits, on this side
Of tie river, including MrSsr,. Gregory
and Flemmins, sent their men out the
same day.
T.. II. Iiciiron, III. genial foreman Of
the Circle ouitit, mad. a trip 10 town In
the -afly part Of the week for roundup
supplies. In addition 10 being good
cowman Paisy In credited with re-
markabl. presence OF mind In cases u
emergency.
Ezra il-mmins returned from Ax!al.
where he won, 10 buy sadil.-hor,.s las,
wrok-ln the early part Of thus week.
Mr.. T. says n man has 10 L. Wander
bilt or a Jay .ouli TO look u, saddle
stock over In tia, country. common
mor,als cnnno, touch them.
II. l.. Peek and Fred Montgomery 10.
turned ffom Hear river Monday after
purchasing u Inr lot Of saidlc-horses
from Thoma, II. Watson. Nr. Peek
purchased about ten head for his own
us-. aud Mr. Montgomery about i've
head Tot Mr. Thosnpsnn oi the q II out
iii-
Signs of brighter day ahead for III.
cattle industry aru everywhere visible.
and greatly improved feeling |, t--
coming general among cattle raiscrs.
The top prices of issJ and issi cannot
L. expected this year. but u material
and handsome ad,ancc on las, year =
trcf prices will b- realized tho coming
autumn. Cheyenne Journal.
The State Sanitary board has decided
on three snovr qnasan;incs: Agninsl
Iowa. against the Omaha s,"cs,arls,
and a.ains, the Kansas City s;cclyar,is.
This .n,nIrls cattle ffum ,h.s- points
10 undergo inspection before h-'in. al
mi,,-i Into ilic Stale. Governor Nsr.
maduL-. oi Missouri. was dlsIp,ci Ia
ohicc, To- Colorado qtatan,in. against
Missouri. hut members of the Colorado
Sanitary buar! say that they have good
authority Tor believing tina, plcuro.
pnrun1uiA exists IN Missouri and will
b- compelled 10 rigidly enforce the law
,:is,u this matter.
Tie members of the Illinois Live
Stock Commission are ~ Chicago dis.
duSsiug the plcuro pneumonia question.
I, il thought that !; will H. necessary
TO slaughter thousand more In Cook
county before III. plcuro pneumonia
can he thoroughly cTadicatcl. The
beard has already formally ordered III.
slaughter of cnusilcrabi. number OF
animals In the infected districts, and
when Professor Law. who Is at present
, investigator. on behalf OF the United
States Department Of agriculture, re-
ports necessity for cooperation the
stat. and National authorities will
write and order the slaughter Of a.
many more as may h. thought ncccs-
sary. regardless Of tie cost. They will
not stop until they have thoroughly
clcansed that county Of this disease.
Ncssrs. iiossack and Lemmor will
q.